- Peter Robb
Peter Robb (born 1946 in
Toorak ,Melbourne ) is anAustralia n author. Robb spent his formative years in both Australia andNew Zealand , and between1978 and1992 he spent most of his time inNaples and southernItaly , interspersed with sojourns inBrazil . At the end of 1992 he returned toSydney .His first book, "
Midnight in Sicily ", was published in Australia in October 1996. It won the Victorian Premier's Literary Prize for non-fiction in 1997His second book, "M", a biography of the Italian artist
Caravaggio , was published in Australia in1998 . The book provoked controversy on its publication in Britain in2000 .In
December 1999 , he published, "Pig's Blood and other fluids ", a collection of threecrime fiction novella s.In
October 2003 , Robb published his fourth book, "A Death in Brazil ", which was namedThe Age 'snon-fiction book of the year for2004 .He has taught at the
University of Melbourne , theUniversity of Oulu inFinland and theIstituto Universitario Orientale inNaples .
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